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Quranic Wisdom
Ahzab (The Confederates) the Quran gives its guidance in this
regard in these words:
Believers, fear God, and say the straight speech. He
will make your conduct sound and forgive you your
sins. Whoever obeys God and His Messenger has
indeed achieved a great success. (33:70-71)
The fear of God is not simply a fear, fear of God makes you
highly sincere, it makes you responsible, it makes you honest,
and it is these qualities that make you able to speak in a sound
manner. And there is no doubt about it that sound thinking has
the greatest importance in terms of personality development as
well as in terms of building a better society.
Sound thinking leads to sound speech. Sound speech is one in
which there is no confusion and which is based on facts. Sound
thinking inculcates realistic thinking and it is realistic approach
that leads to all kinds of success.
Sound speech or sound writing represents the whole
personality of a man. Sound speech or sound writing
is a sign of an integrated personality.
Sound speech or sound writing is easily understandable. It
addresses peoples mind, it touches the heart of men and women.
A sound thinker always speaks in the language of nature, and
nature is common to both the speaker and the listener. It is this
commonality that makes speaking and writing of a sound thinker
acceptable to all.
Sound thinking is always based on reason; sound thinking is
a result of awakening your mind; sound thinking is an outcome
of deep contemplation; sound thinking is free of all kinds of bias
and prejudice.
Due to this quality sound speech and sound writing reaches
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